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Very pressed for time, this month, what with all sorts of
twists and turns in my life, so I dug around my hard drive
and found this pic of my design for a new class of
mutant-hunting Sentinel. I call it the Orion-Class Sentinel
and it's an amalgamation of Sentinel and Mandroid
technology.
The Sentinels began as artificially intelligent robots,
capable of detecting and apprehending mutants, but have
proved highly unstable, in their electronic brains. At one
point, the "lead" Sentinel, called the Master Mold, was even
convinced that it was a "mutant" of sorts, and led it's
entire cohort of Sentinel robots to self-immolation in the
Sun. The instability of the purely artificial intelligent
Sentinel led me to the conclusion that a Sentinel needs a
human controller, which led me to consider altering the
basic Sentinel to a form of powered armor.
The Orion-Class Sentinel would be manned by a highly
trained, highly motivated soldier, leading a small cadre of
AI Sentinel robots of similar size and capability. In
effect, he is the "squadron leader", in the field, also
acting as final arbiter, when a judgment call is necessary.
Each of the man-sized Sentinels would be on a par with Iron
Man, in power and technology, the original Mandroids being
based on Tony Stark's Iron Man technology.
Of course, there's something to be said for the
fear-inducing power of the old giant Sentinels, so there
would be a few of those around, as well. All AI Sentinels
would be hardwired with command over-rides slaved to the
manned Orion-Class Sentinel. The power of Iron Man and the
coordination of a well-trained Special Forces
team. Now, let's see the X-men stand up against THAT!
That's all I have, for now. Keeping my fingers crossed,
hoping that the X-men movie will be, at least, halfway
decent. See you next month!
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